World Health Organization (WHO) responded to public concern by extending comment deadline to Feb 2. WHO also clarified that it won't make any recommendations for children & adolescents due to limited evidence regarding long-term outcomes of affirmative care for youth.
More below:
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Important new paper by Dr. Roberto D'Angelo!

Excellent new paper by SEGM president Roberto D'Angelo about psychotherapy as an alternative for young people with gender dysphoria.
'psychotherapy is not conversion therapy'
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'Debate is essential to good science, but that is not what these activists want. They seek surrender. And that is what they got.”

Read Michael Bailey on why activist outrage over his paper on ROGD has made him even more committed to studying the topic: thefp.com/p/trans-activi…

'Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader', co-edited by me and the terrific Professor Alice Sullivan, is out next month! Pre-order from 4 Aug; academics can request inspection copies now.
St Hilda's College University of Oxford UCL News

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Just published with Susan Bewley and Hannah Dahlen AM a case history of a detransitioned woman who had a mastectomy and grieved her inability to breastfeed. We thank the woman for being willing to share her story and ask that the case be treated sensitively frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

SEGM's commitment to an honest, transparent debate has made us a trusted source for a growing number of professionals & news organizations. Our website has been visited more than 220K times in 2022. This #GivingTuesday2022 , we count on your support. segm.org/donate

My interview with Marcus Dib is available here.

Join FAIR in Medicine Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) for open discourse in service of excellence and safety in patient care:tinyurl.com/3wxk4j45.@Amer… Lisa Selin Davis SEGM Grace Dr Erica Anderson Genspect Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Colin Wright

The American Academy of Pediatrics (⁦⁦American Academy of Pediatrics⁩ ) has failed to put science ahead of politics, ⁦Julia Mason MS MD⁩ and I argue in the Wall Street Journal today (⁦⁦⁦Wall Street Journal Opinion⁩).

⁦Benjamin D. Hoffman, MD, FAAP⁩ ⁦Lewis First⁩ ⁦ wsj.com/articles/the-a…

Parents with gender-questioning children will find helpful parenting advice, monthly topic videos, and can join me monthly for live Q&As.

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An important read! “What I wish I’d known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery” by Corrina Cohn. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

Over 21,000 tweets with hashtag #DetransAwarenessDay

We have nearly 400 people registered for our #DetransAwarenessDay webinar tomorrow! Book your ticket here: zoom.us/webinar/regist… or email [email protected] if you would like to avail yourself of a free ticket. This is going to be *huge*, and we're thrilled!

Sharing a longer version on my piece about #Texas declaring #genderaffirmingcare child abuse. While the sterilization concern is likely well-founded, trans people in some places had to get sterilized before transitioning in earlier times—also horrible! lisaselindavis.substack.com/p/the-trouble-…

We are excited to announce the inaugural Wider Lens Renewal Retreat for parents of gender-questioning children!

Please take a look at our beautiful brochure & share widely

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SEGM has provided feedback on the draft WPATH SOC8 guideline, which is available on our website. We welcome WPATH's recognition of the profound shift in the incidence of gender dysphoria/gender incongruence and its presentation among youth. /1 segm.org/draft_SOC8_lac…

Former WPATH/USPATH board member believes social contagion driving massive increase in gender distressed youth: “How is it possible that gender identity formation constitutes the only area of development in adolescence that is immune from peer influence?”

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Wow! #DopesickHulu was powerful!

Commentary: The Signal and the Noise—questioning the benefits of puberty blockers for youth with gender dysphoria—a commentary on Rew et al. (2021) acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ca…